The spleen is very fragile, and if you don’t take care of it a little bit in life, you are likely to spleen deficiency, and then the consequences of spleen deficiency are very serious, serious and may even be life-threatening!
Spleen deficiency can lead to the invasion of many diseases, while affecting the body’s Yang Qi, Yang Qi determines the life expectancy of a person. Therefore, a deficient spleen shortens your life span. In fact, spleen deficiency can be found in a person’s mouth and other places, so take a good look at these places to see if they have any characteristics.
Where does spleen deficiency show up?
- It will be obese.
Spleen deficiency leads to a decrease in the ability to transport and metabolize, metabolic difficulties, the ability to accumulate too much food in the body appears obese. These people often have weakness and weakness, mental weakness, blood deficiency, and a waxy or pale complexion because of the inability to transport food due to spleen deficiency.
- The spleen does not take in fluid.
This is when you sleep at night and drool all the time. The spleen cannot take in the fluid and it flows out on its own.
- Fear of cold and heat.
In Chinese medicine, deficiency is divided into Yang deficiency and Yin deficiency; Yang deficiency is fear of cold, and Yin deficiency is fear of heat. Spleen deficiency will lead to both Qi and Yin deficiency, appearing in winter even when sick, but also the hands and feet are hot, like cold.
- Diarrhea or heavy menstrual flow in women.
Diarrhea is mainly due to the deficiency of the spleen and Yang, which causes the inability to transport food, invasion of dampness and loose stools.
Spleen is the source of Qi and blood biochemistry. A deficient spleen does not control blood, which leads to chronic bleeding, excessive menstruation and other symptoms of spleen deficiency.
So here are two acupuncture points:
1: Sanyinjiao point: the left thumb presses the Sanyinjiao point (3 inches straight up from the tip of the inner ankle), rotating the left and right 20 times; then press the left Sanyinjiao point with the right hand.
The Sanyinjiao point is located three inches above the inner ankle and is the meeting point of the three yin channels of the liver, spleen and kidney. The liver collects blood, the spleen regulates blood, and the kidneys collect essence; “essence and blood are of the same origin. The kidney is the origin of the innate and the spleen is the origin of the postnatal. The innate depends on the nourishment of the postnatal and the postnatal depends on the promotion of the innate. If you can cupping often, and targeted cupping San Yin Jiao point, you can adjust the liver, spleen, kidney three meridians of Qi and blood, three meridians of Qi and blood harmonization. If the Qi and blood of the three meridians are harmonized, the innate essence will flourish and the acquired Qi and blood will be sufficient, thus achieving the purpose of tonifying the essence and blood for a long and healthy life.
Simple application of Sanyinjiao massage:
- Every night from 5:00-7:00 pm, when the kidney meridian is in season, press the Sanyinjiao point on each leg for about 15 minutes to maintain the uterus and ovaries.
- Tighten the muscles of the face. If you want to be able to fight the gravitational pull of the earth and ensure that your face and breasts do not sag after the age of 40. In addition to a regular diet, but also often at about 9 p.m., when the San Jiao meridian is in order, press the left and right legs of the San Yin Jiao points for 20 minutes each to strengthen the spleen, because San Yin Jiao is the spleen meridian of the great tonic points Oh.
- Every night from 9pm to 11pm, when the San Jiao meridian is in season, press and rub the San Yin Jiao points on both legs for 15 minutes each to regulate menstruation, get rid of spots, acne and wrinkles. However, you have to insist to have the effect, and insist to press and rub every day, after a month, to see the effect.
- keep blood pressure stable Sanyinjiao is an intelligent regulatory point. When your blood pressure is too high or too low, every day at 11:00-13:00, when the heart meridian is in order, press the two legs of the three yin jiao for 20 minutes each, adhere to two or three months, can regulate blood pressure to normal values.
Sanyinjiao can also regulate weakness of the spleen and stomach, indigestion, bloating and diarrhea, excessive leucorrhea, prolapsed uterus, general edema, puffy eyes, unfavorable urination, foot odor, insomnia, etc.
Acupuncture and moxibustion of this point treats spermatorrhea, impotence, penile pain, unfavorable urination, and testicular shrinkage, and is one of the most commonly used points in the treatment of male sexual dysfunction. Therefore, regular finger massage of this point can enhance men’s sexual function.
2: foot San Li point: two thumbs press the foot San Li point (3 inches below the outer knee eye, tibia lateral), left and right rotating pressure 30 times.
Quick point: located on the front and outside of the lower leg, 3 inches below the calvaria point, one cross finger (middle finger) from the front crest of the tibia. There is a soreness and swelling with pressure.
The foot San Li point belongs to the foot Yangming Stomach meridian and is used to regulate the body’s immunity, enhance resistance to disease, regulate the spleen and stomach, and nourish the middle and vital energy,
It is considered to be an important point for medical and health care. There is a folk saying that massaging the foot San Li every day is like eating an old hen.
Chinese medicine believes that the foot San Li point is the key point of the stomach meridian, can regulate the spleen and stomach, regulate the qi and blood, has the special function of nourishing the deficiency and strengthening the spleen.
- Men press to relieve stomach pain.
Sitting position, the operator stands on the left side of the patient, first press the foot three miles, then the tip of the thumb and the skin at the acupuncture point at an angle of 45 degrees upward massage, from light to heavy, gradually increase the pressure, continuous massage 2 ~ 3 minutes, most stomach pain can be relieved.
- Women press to relieve dysmenorrhea.
Women usually massage the foot San Li point can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea, play the role of nourishing Qi and blood, warming the uterus and regulating menstruation, pain relief. The specific method is to use the belly of our thumb with a little force to press this point, feel a little soreness and swelling, easy to women with uterine cold, you can also use moxibustion methods.
- for diabetic patients, often patting the foot three miles, can improve blood circulation in the lower limbs and even the whole body, which is also very beneficial to prevent the occurrence of diabetic foot.
Older people and some women often have cold hands and feet in winter, which is due to poor blood circulation in the hands and feet. If you often pat the foot three miles, through the meridian regulation, so that the fingers and toes of blood circulation is improved, and thus make the hands and feet become warm.